“In January I escaped injury, illness and the worst of the weather and was delighted to clock up 255k.

“I knew I had to get ahead of target as soon as possible as I am bound to pick up an injury somewhere along the way and I know I will be out of action for at least two weeks in the summer.

“On top of that I also want to make sure that I am not trying to fit in a 10k run on Christmas morning to make sure that I have finished the challenge!”

Runs and walks all have to be at least 5k to count and all all logged on the Endomondo app so that people can track his progress.

As well as clocking up the 2,600k total, the challenge has several other strands.

Edward, who is 55 next week, has also pledged to walk both the Yorkshire Three Peaks and the Pendle Three Peaks as well as completing both the Pendle Way and the Burnley Way.

His schedule will once again include the Pendle Pub Walk and the Burnley 10k, the new name for the Pennine Lancashire 10k.

On top of that he will run a half marathon and take part in Petal’s Festival of Fun/Relay for Life at Demesne Farm, Paythorne, in September.

And he is organising a special event in April where people can walk or run a minimum of 10 laps of Seedhill Atheltics Track in Nelson as he attempts to see double the distance of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, some 254.5 miles, covered in 12-hours.

Follow his progress by liking his page at facebook.com/Ed’s 2016 Challenge or on Twitter @ChallengeEd16.

Donations can also be made by visiting uk.virginmoneygiving.com/EdwardLee3

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